Wardrobe-trunk.



C. A. KUNTZENDORF.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILEUMAYSI, 1912.

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Speeieation of Letters Patent.

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" application mea nay ai, 191e. serial no. 700,825.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that ll, CHARLES A. KUNTZEN- DoRF, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe-Trunks; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

'llhis invention has for its object to provide an improved wardrobe trunk adapted alike for use by traveling salesmen and the ordinary traveling pubhc, and consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and particularly claimed. v

ln the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention: Figure -1- is a v1ew in central vertical longitudinal section of a wardrobe trunk constructed in accordance with my invention showing the same open and the parts thereof in position to display the contents. Fig. -2- 1s a view similar to Fig. -1- showing the extension portion of the track for the carriage folded preparatory to turning the same into the body of the trunk and, in dotted lines, showing the same closed. Fig. -3 is a fragmentary detail view partly in section and partly in elevation showing the hinge for the exttt tension rail supporting standard. Fig. 4lis a fragmentary detail view in elevation partly in section showing a socket member upon the trunk and a member to engage therein carried by a follower plate. Fig. -5- is a fragmentary detail sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. -4 showing also the follower vplate indicated in dotted lines in Fig. -4r-. Fig. --6-. is a fragmentary detail sectional view of one of the end walls of the upper part of the trunk showinga hanger secured thereto for supporting a rail. Fig. -7- is a similar. fragmentary detail section showing the rail in side elevation. Fig. -8- is a fragmentary detail sectional .view of the rail and a carriage for the same.

Fig. -9- is a fragmentary detail sectional view of the rail and thefront end portion of the carria e. Fig. -10- is a fragmentary detail v1ew in side elevatlon showmg the manner of connecting the fixed rail of the trunk with an extension rail for the same.

Fig. 11-i s a fragmentary detail sectional View partly 1n elevation showing the intertting parts .of the lixed and extension rails. Fig. -12- 1s a detail sectional view on the l1ne 12 -12 of Fig. -10-. Fig. 13 is a detall perspective view of a slotted tube constltuting a part of the extension rail support of the trunk.

rlhe main object of my present invention 1s .to provide a wardrobe trunk having a fixed rail and a han er supporting carriage movable thereon so ocated relatively to an end wall o f the trunk as to bring' the upper edge of the carriage and the hooks of the garment hangers so close to said end wall as to obviate the possibility of their becoming disengaged respectively from the rail and carriage until the latter is moved upon the extenslon rail, thereby also eecting economy of space.

Cther objects of the invention relate more particularly to the details of construction which will appear from the following specication.

'llhe body of the trunk comprises two boxlike members 1 and 2 hinged together along an end wall of each, as at 3, and which are provided, as usual, with the locking devices 4 and 5 by means of which said members 1 and 2 are locked in closed position relatively to each other. The member 2 is adapted, when the trunk is open, to be supported so that its top wall is vertically disposed and for purposes of convenience I will refer to the several walls of this portion in accordance with `their position when the trunk is open.

Contiguous to the top wall of the member 2 and midway between the side walls thereof an inverted T rail 6 is supported by means of an angle plate 7 secured to the rear wall of said member 2 and to one end of said rail 6, and by means of a hanger or bracket 8 secured to the top wall of said member 2 and which has an arm in the shape of the letter J upon the free end of which said rail 6 is supported. At its forward end and on its lower face the said rail 6 is equipped with a suitable flat socket 9 which is adapted to receive the flat tongue of the member 10 secured to an extension 'l' rail 11 adapted to be coupled with said rail 6, the said tongue and socket connection of said rails 6 and 1'1 being held against separation by means of a spring latch 12 carrying a projection which is adapted to engage in slots in the lower wall of the socket and in said tongue of said member 10. The said rail 11 is pivotally secured at one end to the upper end of a longitudinally slotted tube 13 and is adapted to be folded parallel with said tube 13 and its web to enter the longitudinal slot 14 in said tube 13. The latter is secured at its lower end to what may be termed an inverted Y-shaped member 15, the two arms ofwhich are pivotally engaged with the lugs 16 of a plate 17 secured to the inner face of the forward end wall of the member 1 of the trunk. The extension rail registers with the rail 6 when the two are coupled so that the carriage 18 may be readily moved from one to the other thereof. The said carriage 18 comprises a longitudinally slotted tube which is adapted to receive the web of the rails 6 and 11 respeetively, and to ride uponthe flanges of the latter. To this end the said carriage is equipped at one end with a collar 19 similarly slotted to register with the slot in said carriage and at its other end with a similar collar 20, the latter, however, having a downwardly depending extension portion 21 terminating in a projection 22 which may be grasped for the purpose of imparting movement to said carriage on said rails 6 and 11. The garment hangers 23 of any well-known construction are equipped with hooks adapted to engage the hanger 18 and, by reason of the close proximity of the fixed rail 6 to the top or end wall of the member 2, the said carriage cannot be disengaged from the said fixed rail 6 and the said hooks cannot be disengaged from said carriage 18 when the latter is disposed or supported upon said fixed rail 6, as will be obvious, and thus the possibility of such carriage or hangers becoming disengaged during travel is obviated.

When the carriage 18 is supported upon the fixed rail 6, as shown in Fig. -2-, the

lgarments suspended from the hangers 23 are compressed between the rear wall ofthe member 2 constituting the top wall of the trunk and a follower plate 24 which is suspended by means of a ring and snap hook 25 from the carriage 18 and is drawn by means of straps 26 equipped with buckles, etc., in the usual manner into the said member 2 and in contact with the garments in a well-known manner. The said follower plate serves to prevent the carriage from moving off the fixed rail 6 when the trunk is closed and during travel, as will be obvious. When the member 2 is disposed in the position shown in full lines in Figs. 1- and -2- it is necessary for the same to be supported upon the floor as well as upon the hinge 3. To this end the follower plate 24 is provided with Z-shaped projections 27 and the rear wall of the member 2 or top wall of the trunk is provided with recesses 28 partly covered by slotted plates 29 through the slots of which the free arms of the projections 27 are adapted to pass and in which they are adapted to be engaged, the followerplate 24 being thus adapted to constitute a support for the member 2 of the trunk when the latter is open, as will be obvious. Y

My said invention is very simple and efficient and by reason of the close proximity of the T rail to the top of the trunk the latter may be rendered considerably shorter than ordinarily besides enablingl a carriage of very simple and durable construction to be employed in connection therewith. This constitutes the most essential feature of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a wardrobe trunk, a rail disposed slightly below and parallel with the top Wall of the trunk, means for extending the rail longitudinally beyond the adjacent openside of the trunk, a carriage longitudinally movable on said rail and extension and presenting a supporting surface above said upper edge of the rail, the portion of the earriage engaging the rail being of greater depth than the distance between said upper edge of the rail and the top wall of the trunk, thereby preventing disengagement of the carriage from the rail Within the trunk; and garment hangers supported on said supporting surface of the carriage by hooks straddling the latter, each of said hooks being of greater depth than/the distance between said supporting surface of the carriage and the top wall of trunk, said carriage and hangers being freely removable upwardly from said rail when moved outwardly beyond the said adjacent open side of the trunk.

2. In a wardrobe trunk, an inverted T- rail rigidly mounted contiguous to and parallel with the top wall, a longitudinally slotted tube adapted to receive the web of said T-rail, the depth of said tube between its slotted portion and its uppermost portion greater than the distance between the upper edge of said web of said T-rail and the upper wall of the trunk, and garment hangers having hooks of greater depth than the distance between the top wall and the nearest adjacent surface of said tube adapted to be suspended from the latter.

3. In a wardrobe trunk, an inverted T- rail rigidly mounted contiguous to and parallel with the top wall, a longitudinally slotted tube adapted to receive the web of said T-rail, the depth of said tube between its slotted portion and its uppermost portion greater than the distance between the u per edge of said web of said T-rail and tie upper wall of the trunk, reinforcing memmaeti bers mounted upon the ends of said tube and La teetimony whereof have signed my riding upon the Hanges of said T-rail, and name in presence of two subscribmg Witgarment hangers having hooks of greater messes.

depth than the distan@ between the top @me A. TNDoRF. 5 Wall and the nearest adjacent surface of said Witnesses: f

suloeA adapted to be suspended from the M.. M. BOYLE,

latter. A RUDOLPH M. Lo'rz., 

